THU 15th FEB : LONDON, Astoria

Then, appear at the Give It A Name festival alongside Brand New, The All American Rejects, New Found Glory and more :

SAT 28th APR : LONDON, Earls Court
SUN 29th APR : BIRMINGHAM, National Indoor Arena

The session aired this week and can currently be streamed again on the BBC Website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/rockshow/

30 Seconds To Mars will release ‘Attack’ on 19th February; the first single to be taken from their hugely successful U.S. album, ‘A Beautiful Lie’.

30 Seconds To Mars was formed by Jared Leto, who is famous for his roles in such films as Requiem For a Dream and Fight Club, and set to play John Lennon’s murderer in next year’s biopic of Mark Chapman; Chapter 27. The band comprises: Jared Leto, vocals and guitar; Shannon Leto, drums; Tomo Milicevic, guitars; and Matt Wachter, bass. Since forming in 2001 and releasing their debut album in 2002, they have gone from strength-to-strength as musicians, songwriters and live performers, with the new abum selling over 900,000 copies to date in the U.S. The success of this album was further acknowledged by MTV, who awarded the band MTV Best Video Award for the video to their ‘The Kill’ single.

‘Attack’ features vast, abrasive guitars and infectious vocals, which soar from a pain-stricken wail to an intimate whisper. It’s an introduction to a lyrically direct and progressive album, which is lean and impacting, with focussed eclecticism which compliments the honesty of the songwriting. From start to finish, ‘A Beautiful Lie’ is a story riddled with pain, frustration, ambition, and ultimately purification. It's not a concept album per se, but it's certainly conceptual, unravelling like scenes from a spellbinding film about a man on the precipice of collapse who has to change in order to move forward.

30 Seconds To Mars will head to the UK in January for promo and live dates:

Wed 31st Jan MDH Academy 2, Manchester (upgraded from Roadhouse)

Thurs 1st Feb Electric Ballroom, London (upgraded from Underworld)

Both gigs upgraded due to demand.

‘Attack’ will be released on 19th February, followed by the album ‘A Beautiful Lie’ on 26th.

www.thirtysecondstomars.com

The Legacy are:
Adam Cox - Vocals
Dick Smith - Guitar
Joey Hayes - Bass
Andy Boswell – Drums

The Hold Steady

‘Boys and Girls in America’ –Debut UK Album out 15th January 2007

‘Damn you, Hold Steady! How can any band be this good?’ - ROLLING STONE

1. UK DATES:
2. Feb 13th Manchester Night & Day (Club Fandango)
3. Feb 14th Glasgow Cathouse
4. Feb 15th Hoxton Bar And Grill SOLD OUT
5. Feb 16th Club NME @ Camden Koko
6. Feb 17th London Borderline
7. Feb 18th London Borderline

When a low profile album on a small label makes all the End Of Year Polls (New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, Alternative Press, Village Voice, Magnet etc.) you have to take notice. This is what happened the US at the end of 2005 with THE HOLD STEADY. Now signed to Vagrant Records, they have recorded a new album, ‘Boys And Girls In America’ which is already getting startling advance reviews in the USA (see above). ‘Boys And Girls In America’ will be their debut UK album and is due out 15th January 2007 on Vagrant UK, preceded in November by a limited edition 7” single .

No wonder, as THE HOLD STEADY make quality rock’n’roll. Like Thin Lizzy playing Jonathan Richman songs or AC/DC riffing through Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’. The Brooklyn-based Minneapolis-bred band are drawing comparisons with all of those plus The Replacements, Guided By Voices, Van Morrison, Girls Against Boys and Hüsker Dü.

‘Boys And Girls In America’ is a reference to a line from Jack Kerouac's classic novel ‘On the Road’. Singer Craig Finn explains, "The line goes, 'Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together.' Basically, the songs are about guys and girls, and love.” Make that doomed or unrequited love and throw in drug abuse, suicide and gambling and you get the picture. The songs are populated by larger than life characters like you’d expect on a Tom Waits record.

‘Boys And Girls In America’ was recorded this summer with producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Alice Cooper, Dinosaur Jr, Drive By Truckers, etc.) The boys stayed close to home for the 30 day recording process, with tracking at Water Music in (Hoboken), Overdubs at Atomic Studios (Williamsburg) and Mixing at The Magic Shop (New York City). John Agnello reflects on the process, "It's pretty impressive that each guy in the band outdid themselves when it came down to laying down tracks" and sums up his opinion of the album, ‘Boys And Girls In America’ has the intensity of a modern day ‘Born To Run’, while displaying effervescence of the likes of Guided By Voices and Drive By Truckers, while still managing to sound only like THE HOLD STEADY."

In combination with Finn’s lyrical wit and wisdom, Tad Kubler’s guitar is a driving force of the new album - the guitars are louder, the solos are longer and the result is a classic rock n roll record in the making. With ‘Boys And Girls In America’, THE HOLD STEADY show their love of writing, making and playing rock n roll for the sake of it; ripe with anthemic choruses, genre defining and mind blowing guitar solos, great lyrics and the masterful mix of the keyboards, drums and bass along with several sonic treats. From evocative and heartfelt ballads to booming bar-room rock anthems, ‘Boys and Girls In America’ successfully captures the essence and dynamic off-the-cuff musical mastery that is THE HOLD STEADY. Kubler sums it up, "We're not reinventing rock music here. We're just trying to carry on a tradition that has always been in our lives."

Agello comments: "Craig’s performances were so personal and immediate, I felt like the characters in his songs were hanging out in the studio the whole time "

Initially inspired by The Bands “The Last Waltz” THE HOLD STEADY are indeed a bar band. Agnello witnessed it first hand, "Only THE HOLD STEADY could balance a full day of tracking on Cinco De Mayo while drinking enough marguerites to poison a Mormon congregation."With ‘Boys and Girls in America’, THE HOLD STEADY has upped their ante in terms of delivering an album as an entire body of work - a classic rock album. The finale of each of the ballads are fueled with a full-on stadium worthy collective pumping of the fists. ‘Boys and Girls in America’ is a weekend long party album with all the relevant highs and lows, pickled in the timeless Americana that is undeniably THE HOLD STEADY.

TRACK LISTING: 1. ‘Stuck Between Stations’ 2. ‘Chips Ahoy!’ 3. ‘Hot Soft Light’ 4. ‘Same Kooks’ 5. ‘First Night’ 6. ‘Party Pit’ 7. ‘You Can Make Him Like You’ 8. ‘Massive Night’ 9. ‘Citrus’ 10. ‘Chillout Tent’ 11. ‘Southtown Girls’

THE HOLD STEADY is: Craig Finn (vox), Tad Kubler (lead guitar), Franz Nicolay (keys and other sonic treats) Galen Polivka (bass) and Bobby Drake (drums.)

http://www.theholdsteady.com

www.boysandgirlsinamerica.com

Podcast: Singer Craig Finn talking about his fav records including The Descendants, The Replacements, Bad Brains
- http://theholdsteady.com/HOLD_STEADY_PODCAST_01.mp3

1. 10th Newcastle Academy 2
2. 12th Manchester Academy 2
3. 13th Birmingham Academy 2
4. 14th Exeter Lemon Grove
5. 15th Brighton Concorde 2
6. 17th Sheffield Leadmill
7. 18th Oxford Zodiac
8. 19th London Camden Koko
9. 21st Reading Fez
10. 22nd Cardiff Point
11. 23rd Hatfield Hertfordshire Uni
12. 24th Norwich Waterfront
13. 25th Cambridge Junction
14. 27th Nottingham Rock City
15. 28th Preston 53 Degrees
16. 29th Essex University Sub Zero
17. 30th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

Ben Deily needs no introduction. As the founder member of THE LEMONHEADS, Ben was responsible for most of the finest moments on the LEMONHEADS first three albums, before splitting with Evan Dando who would in turn mould the LEMONHEADS into the mass grunge –pop multi –selling pioneers they became.

Now, Mr Ben Deily graces European shores for the first time with his new band, VARSITY DRAG. Debut album “FOR CRYING OUT LOUD” released on Boss Tuneage features nine perfectly crafted Deily-penned songs and shows that over the last decade he has lost none of his unique genius for writing crafty power pop-punk rock gems. To co-incide with the bands first European tour, “For Crying Out Loud” is also to be made available on limited edition 10” coloured vinyl with a bonus remix of “Miles Of Ocean”

Alongside VARSITY DRAG songs , Ben will also be treating audiences to some of his finest LEMONHEADS songs as well!

1. UK TOUR DATES (ALL CONFIRMED) :
2. Monday 22nd January : LONDON Islington Bar Academy
3. Tuesday 23rd January : EXETER Cavern Club
4. Wednesday 24th January : BIRMINGHAM Bar Academy
5. Thursday 25th January: CAMBRIDGE Portland Arms
6. Friday 26th January: WAKEFIELD The Jockey
7. Saturday 27th January: NEWPORT Le Pub
8. Sunday 28th January: BRISTOL The Junction

Songs can be heard at Ben's own unique website - www.bendeily.com or via the bands MySpace page www.myspace.com/varsitydrag

PRESS:-

“Former LEMONHEAD Ben Deily proves he hasn’t lost it” ROCKSOUND 8/10

“A sun soaked mature pop punk album, proving Deily’s ability to write some superb mature yet raw pop songs” BIG CHEESE, 4 out of 5

CUTE

IS WHAT WE AIM FOR

DIGITAL SINGLE – NEWPORT LIVING – FEBRUARY 5th 2007

***UK Tour at end of January is now COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!***

Cute Is What We Aim For digitally release ‘Newport Living’ on February 5th 2007 through Fueled By Ramen. The single is taken from their debut album ‘The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch’ which was released in September 2006.

‘The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch’, entered the record books following its sensational first week of sales in America. It is officially the fastest selling release in the 10-year history of the Fueled By Ramen label, home to such heavyweights as Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, The Academy Is…and many others.

Cute Is What We Aim For came together in January 2005, driven by the four members’ desire to cast their own upbeat spin onto modern pop. The band’s bedroom demo recordings were posted at a variety of online sites and quickly lit up broadband connections coast-to-coast, earning the young combo widespread national exposure within months of their formation.

1. JANUARY 2007
   Tues 23 NOTTINGHAM Rock City – sold out
2. Wed 24 NEWCASTLE Academy 2 – sold out
3. Thurs 25 GLASGOW Garage – sold out
4. Fri 26 MANCHESTER Academy 2 – sold out
5. Sat 27 LEEDS Cockpit – sold out
6. Sun 28 BIRMINGHAM Academy 2 – sold out
7. Tues 30 OXFORD Zodiac – sold out
8. Wed 31 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms – sold out
9. FEBRUARY 2007
   Thurs 1 LONDON Mean Fiddler – sold out
10. Fri 2 YEOVIL Ski Lodge – sold out

Cute Is What We Aim For are:

Shaant – Vocals, Jeff Czum – Guitar, Jack Marin – Bass, Tom Falcone – Drums

“Perfectly crafted pop-punk” KERRANG

“Fistfuls of pop rock anthems, they’ve been racking up fans like its going out of style” BIG CHEESE

www.cuteiswhatweaimfor.com www.myspace.com/cuteiswhatweaimfor

Hinder, rock’s biggest US success story of 2006, have confirmed they will be visiting the UK in February for a short promotional trip in support of their much-anticipated debut album release ‘Extreme Behavior’ in the Spring. In the US ‘Extreme Behavior’ has just gone double platinum.

“2006 has been an awesome year for us! Lots of cities, lots of places we don’t remember driving to, and lots of ladies we look forward to seeing again in 2007,” said lead singer Austin Winkler.

Hinder has become one of the few new US breakout success stories of 2006, with Extreme Behavior jumping to #6 on the Billboard 200 in November. The band’s monster hit single “Lips Of An Angel” reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, top 5 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and climbed the radio airplay charts to #1 at Mainstream Top 40 radio where it remained for 3 weeks. The video continues to be one of the highest played videos on VH1. Digital sales of the single have surpassed the 1.5 million mark. The band toured non-stop headlining shows and opened for Godsmack, and Nickelback, as well as select dates for rock legends Aerosmith. Additionally, Hinder picked up a nomination for Best New Touring Artist from Pollstar’s Concert Industry Awards, which take place in February 2007.

1. UK Dates:
2. 3rd April Manchester Academy 3
3. 4th April Birmingham Academy 2
4. 5th April London ULU

Hinder is led by frontman Austin Winkler, Cody Hanson on drums, Mike Rodden on bass guitar, and Joe “Blower” Garvey and Mark King on guitar.

A Bad Dream is inspired by the WB Yeats poem ‘An Irish Airman foresees his Death’. It is written through the eyes of a soldier, and questions his conscience as a human being.

Written by one of the country’s most respected song writers, Keane release one of the most acclaimed tracks from their Number One second album, ‘Under The Iron Sea’.

Keane have recently completed their captivating UK and European sold-out tour, where ‘A Bad Dream’ stood out as one of the live highlights of the show.

This year the trio have firmly established themselves as one of Britain’s most treasured bands and have achieved International success not seen from a UK act in many years.

Keane have announced a UK arena tour for 2007, and play the following dates:

• 22nd February – Bournemouth BIC
• 23rd February – Birmingham NEC
• 25th February – Nottingham Arena
• 26th February – Cardiff CIA
• 28th February – London Wembley Arena
• 3rd March – Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
• 4th March – Manchester MEN Arena
• 6th March – Newcastle Radio Metro Arena
• 7th March – Glasgow SECC

1. January 2007:
2. 7th Wrexham Central Station
3. 8th Glasgow Garage
4. 9th Aberdeen Moshulu
5. 10th Newcastle Academy 2
6. 12th Manchester Academy 2
7. 13th Birmingham Academy 2
8. 14th Exeter Lemon Grove
9. 15th Brighton Concorde 2
10. 17th Sheffield Leadmill
11. 18th Oxford Zodiac
12. 19th London Camden Koko
13. 21st Reading Fez
14. 22nd Cardiff Point
15. 23rd Hatfield Hertfordshire Uni
16. 24th Norwich Waterfront
17. 25th Cambridge Junction
18. 27th Nottingham Rock City
19. 28th Preston 53 Degrees
20. 29th Essex University Sub Zero
21. 30th Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

1. 18 Jan 2007 Southampton Uni
2. 19 Jan 2007 Wolverhampton, Wulfren Hall
3. 20 Jan 2007 Manchester, Academy II
4. 21 Jan 2007 Glasgow, QMU
5. 23 Jan 2007 Sheffield, Leadmill
6. 24 Jan 2007 Leeds, Met Uni
7. 25 Jan 2007 Nottingham, Trent Uni
8. 27 Jan 2007 Oxford, Brooks Uni
9. 28 Jan 2007 Bristol, Anson Rooms
10. 29 Jan 2007 Cambridge, Junction
11. 30 Jan 2007 London, Astoria
12. 24 Mar 2007 Newcastle, Academy
13. 25 Mar 2007 Glasgow, Academy
14. 26 Mar 2007 Liverpool, Academy
15. 28 Mar 2007 Norwich, UEA
16. 30 Mar 2007 London, The Forum
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